“I think the dust has settled on expansion. But when you look at it geographically, you have to scratch your head a little bit” – Tennessee AD Dave Hart, on the possibility of SEC expansion (Nashville TENNESSEAN, 3/12).
“I don’t think we’re in trouble. There might be other players that think of doing it. But I don’t think it’s going to be a chain reaction, like next season six more players are going to be sitting out” – Mercury C Brittney Griner, on G Diana Taurasi being paid by her Russian team to sit out the WNBA season (ARIZONA REPUBLIC, 3/12).
“I can’t imagine how this could have been communicated this way. It is wholly inaccurate and categorically false. Tiger owns his own name and always had” – Agent Mark Steinberg, on a report claiming Nike Golf owned the rights to Tiger Woods' name (GOLFCHANNEL.com, 3/11).
“It’s going to suck, but you have to deal with it” – Yankees 1B Mark Teixeira, on field conditions at Yankee Stadium due to two NYC FC games being played there before the start of the MLB season (N.Y. DAILY NEWS, 3/12).
“I do think it is the prerogative of the conference to determine how we play our championship. Mandating that we would have a championship game is similar to us advocating that everybody play everybody in the other leagues” – Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby, on the conference petitioning the NCAA to loosen its restrictions on conference championship games (ESPN.com, 3/11).
